China in Space : Civilian and Military Developments

By Colonel David J. Thompson, USAF; Lieutenant Colonel William R. Morris, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170474
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Title:	China in Space : Civilian and Military Developments
Author:	Colonel David J. Thompson, USAF; Lieutenant Colonel William R. Morris, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Technology, Chinese Space Exploration
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago David J. Thompson, Usa, B. C., & William R. Morris, Usa, L. C. (n.d.). China in Space : Civilian and Military Developments. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Col Thompson, in his concentrated focus on China’s military space applications, examines PRC ground, space, counterspace, and space policy aspects. His principal findings: China has plans to construct a new launch site in the deep south; PRC telemetry, tracking and com-mand capacities are improving; China has the ability to conduct limited intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions from space; the PRC is pursuing a counterspace capability most likely using satellite jammers and anti-satellites (possibly parasitic or nano-satellites). Col Thompson concludes that while China’s space program does not now constitute a global threat, the PRC is pursuing space capabilities that will increase its regional influence, and deny an adversary certain uses of space.